The Family

[Kiran Poonacha]

thought I will introduce my family with this picture.

From left to right : My son Yanni (named after the musician), Yours Truly Me, My darling Wife Neeta, My sweet cousin Divya ( It was her wedding pre ceremony), My pretty Sister Kishu and My Naughty nephew Sunny.

We belong to a clan called Kodavas in Coorg from south India. just pulled out a extract from wiki for people who want to know more: The Kodava are an ethnic group from the region of Kodagu, in Karnataka state of southern India. They were traditionally land owning agricultural community with a martial tradition and natively speak Kodava takk. ^[1]. The Kodavas have a well defined military tradition during the course of their recorded history and Kodavas generally dignify themselves as Kshatriya^[2][3][4]. Their rituals are closely aligned to forms of nature and ancestor worship rather than following strict Vedic principles ^[5].

[Harshad Barve]

Happy Family Kiranbhai , God bless you all
TFS

PS , BTW JFYI everyone here , Yanni is one rocking photographer :)

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Kiran !!!!!

What a beautiful family you have. You must be so proud of each and everyone. It is such a pleasure to have the opportunity to see them and I thank you for sharing then with us.:)

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thank you so much Harshad Bhai and Judy...

[Kiran Poonacha]

Happy Family Kiranbhai , God bless you all
TFS

PS , BTW JFYI everyone here , Yanni is one rocking photographer :)

Yanni is on cloud nine to hear this from you bhai, he loves your pics..

[Harshad Barve]

Yanni is on cloud nine to hear this from you bhai, he loves your pics..

Hi Yanni , Hope you are doing well with studies and photography , Best of luck dude :)

[Stu Bowie]

Kiranbhai, you have an amazing family, and I like the colourful outfits. Thanks for sharing.

[Kiran Poonacha]

Hi Yanni , Hope you are doing well with studies and photography , Best of luck dude :)

Hi Harshad Uncle, this is yanni here, thank you for your wishes, I am doing well.

I really loves those tiger pictures you have taken. good luck for more.

Yanni.

[Harshad Barve]

Hi Harshad Uncle, this is yanni here, thank you for your wishes, I am doing well.

I really loves those tiger pictures you have taken. good luck for more.

Yanni.

I hope your father will click some Tigers too

[Kiran Poonacha]

Kiranbhai, you have an amazing family, and I like the colourful outfits. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Stuart Bhai, In India the women love to wear colourful outfits and a lot of gold jewellery. Its only the mans pockets that hurts :D

[Harshad Barve]

Thanks Stuart Bhai, In India the women love to wear colourful outfits and a lot of gold jewellery. Its only the mans pockets that hurts :D

We will be richest country if all women in India gives up Gold :p:cool:;)

[Danny J Brown]

Kiran - thanks for sending this awesome, colorful photo of the family. I really enjoyed looking at it and sorting out the fine details, like the knives in the boy's belts. Sunny definitely has a mischeivous look, Yanni is precocious, I bet, and the ladies are indeed beautiful. You are a lucky man. Take care.

DB

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Kiran Big Thanks the family picture you have to be one proud man !!! Lovely family btw are the knives handed down and been in the family a long time?

[Fabs Forns]

What a beautiful family picture, Kiran, congrats and thank you for explaining a bit of the cultural side :)
Your son should share his work here!!!

[Kiran Poonacha]

@ Alfred Thank you Bhai, yes the knifes are passed down to the eldest son or if they are more sons than a new one is made and gifted to him when he gets married.

@ Fabs: Thank you so much fabs, sure will tell yanni to participate here.

Thanks Again..

Hugs, Kiran.

[arash_hazeghi]

a very nice family shot Kiran, are those daggers sharp ? :)

[Kiran Poonacha]

a very nice family shot Kiran, are those daggers sharp ? :)

Thanks Bhai, yes they are sharp, but nowadays its more a ornament than real use so its not that sharp. read more about it here http://web.mac.com/gnaritas/SwordsAn...tti_Knife.html

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Thanks for sharing, Kiran! Do people wear the traditional clothing on special occasions only?

[Kiran Poonacha]

Thanks for sharing, Kiran! Do people wear the traditional clothing on special occasions only?

Thanks Axel Bhai, yes only on occasions.

we have some crazy customs too, one such was "Nari Mangala" in earlier days the tiger population was quite good around coorg and some would turn on cattle or humans, these were hunted down by coorgi men, but because of there love and respect for the tiger. They would marry the soul of the tiger to the man who had killed the tiger in an actual fullon ceremony. you can read more here http://www.harappa.com/engr/tiger.html

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Kiran, I knew you were from Coorg but not the other details. A day when you learn something new is a good one. Thx for sharing.

[A_Maddah]

Hi Kiran
Nice image family.With best wishes for you and your family.TFS

Asad

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks Bhai, yes they are sharp, but nowadays its more a ornament than real use so its not that sharp. read more about it here http://web.mac.com/gnaritas/SwordsAn...tti_Knife.html

Thanks Kiran, really interesting

[Sid Garige]

Kiran bhai,

It is so nice to see a family portrait in traditional robes. Great job keeping up the tradition alive.
Never new Coorge was exempted from Arms act.

-Sid

[Grace Scalzo]

Thank you for sharing this, Kiran. So beautiful and colorful but what comes through the most is happiness.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Kiran,
Wonderful looking family! Cherish them!!! Thanks for sharing.

[Doug Brown]

Beautiful family! Thanks for the interesting information on your clan.

[santhosh gujar]

A Beautiful family Kiran Bhai,
God bless you all.

TFS gurugale.

[Juan Aragonés]

Wow Kiran, this is what I call an excellent portrait of a family. I enjoyed the reading of the additional information about the Kodava people and the Nari Mangala, really interesting. Thanks a lot for sharing this with us :)